Step 5: Hanging Your Calendar

Step 6: Additional Events

As you make your way through the year you can create other icons for special events. So far, we've made additional icons for grandparents visiting an...

This is a very simple project you can make with your kids. My four-year-old son was always asking about what are we doing today, what are we doing tomorrow, what day is tomorrow called, etc. I decided to make a visual calendar with him to teach him about days, weeks, and months and help him determine on his own what he could expect for the week.

Next, divide your first seven columns into 3 sections. These will represent morning, afternoon, and evening. Make sure you have enough space in the sections to fit in all your activities. If your children get up very early, you might want to add a fourth section so the first one can be "before breakfast".

Step 3: Add Your Lettering

Across the top, using your foam letters, spell out the days of the week above each column. Above the eighth column spell out "month".

In the month column, using puff paint or foam letters, write out the months of the year.

Note: Below the months you could also add a section for seasons. I thought about it after I finished the calendar and haven't bothered to add it. Right now, the space below the months are being used as a "holding space" for inactive events.